Re: shall `make uninstall' remove directories?

[Didier Verna]

Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 15 May 2000, Didier Verna wrote:
> 
> > > Assar> d) remove all the levels that are empty
> > > 
> > > This is what I've always wanted to do.
> > 
> >         You mean `levels' that belong to the package itself, right ? I mean
> > /usr/local/share/automake, but not /usr/local/share for instance.
> 
> Is there any value to keeping /usr/local/share, if it's empty?
> Theorectically yes, but the next package that needs it will recreate it
> anyway

        The next package using a proper install script, yes, but there are
many (too) simply written packages that will barf assuming that standard
directories will exist.

> Implementation would be simplified with this assumption.

        Let's not break them by being lazy on our implementation.

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